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Having Trouble Potty Training Your Child

Difficulties in potty training a child can be managed with information and patience. Discover how to successfully tackle troubles when potty training your kid. One of the reasons why parents shy away from taking the potty training challenge head-on is because they imagine more troubles in the process than they will ever face. I mean, this is something unavoidable and has to be done so why not do it in an informed and cheerful way. And this bears repetition so I’ll say it again; toilet training is not meant to be an avoidable chore even when a child is faced with problems.

Look up online resources that carry information on specifics of how to deal with trouble scenarios when potty training your child. Be prepared, so that you don’t feel helpless if a situation does arise.

Here are some scenarios that can potentially lead to trouble when toilet training your child.

A common situation is one in which the child takes quite readily to learning potty use for bowel cleaning but does nothing to convey a need to use the toilet for urinating.

Don’t let this be a dead end for you; consider the reason. Most probably the child is comfortable wetting his diaper or knickers and having them changed instead of taking the trouble to be escorted to the toilet. It is a matter of time before he learns that is better to pee in the toilet and stay dry rather than endure uncomfortable wetness.

Begin training at an appropriate age and not earlier. An unsavory incident or any harshness from you will send the child into a shell; you don’t want that to happen. Quite often, what is construed as trouble in potty training is simply a lack of enthusiasm on the child’s part. Give him a positive surrounding and a positive feedback; he’ll do well.

A child with poor bowel movement routine, for example someone that does not experience motions daily, will experience constipation. Straining to pass stool can be painful and children will associate potty use with that unpleasantness. You can make it easy for them by feeding them fiber-rich food and keeping them hydrated.

There is no potty training issue that is insurmountable. The troubles that you may face can easily be tackled by you. You can always take help from a pediatrician or from parents that have successfully tackled troubles in toilet training their child.

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